The Heart of the Penguin (Linux Planet)

Linux Planet is running a feature article about a beowulf cluster that Biomedical Engineer Dr. Andy Pollard has assembled for simulating the operation of the human heart. "The research itself is targeted towards three areas: observation of the effect of electrical fields on heart tissue to learn how and why defibrillation works (and, in so doing, track down why fibrillations occur in the first place); learning in a more direct manner why fibrillations start; and how a fibrillation event progresses from start to finish."

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